It is a well known fact that it is possible to extend the battery life of laptops by turning off features that are not needed. This can for instance be hardware devices like modems, Bluetooth and WiFi. There is not really a benefit of keeping those enabled if they are not used ever on the [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Vista Battery Saver
Windows Vista drains the battery faster than comparable operating systems like Windows XP if battery live is tested on the same laptop. Most users suspect that it has something to do with all the fancy visual effects that Windows Vista uses. Whatever it is the effects are easily measurable by using a dual booting laptop [...]